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Old and New London
… Edward VI. and Bishop RidleyA Protestant Tumult at Paul's Cross Strange CeremonialsQueen Elizabeth's MunificenceThe … approach by river or by land; the sparkle of that golden cross is seen from many a distant hill and plain. St. Paul's … to the cross in Cheapside. The bishop demanded the City keys of the Lord Mayor, and the people sprang to arms, with …
Survey of London
… an Act was passed authorizing the formation of the Charing Cross Railway from London Bridge to Waterloo and Hungerford Market. The line was to cross the garden of St. Thomas' Hospital within a few feet of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… diverges; and at the intersection is an ancient stone cross, 30 feet high, including the height of the pedestal, … with sculptured emblematical figures. The body of the cross is the frustrum of a pyramid, twelve feet high, with … in a crocketed pinnacle formerly surmounted by a cross. The whole is supported on three octagonal flights of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Hertfordshire
… stone with the leopards of England, alternating with the cross and martlets of the Confessor, the three crowns of St. … slab with indents, of kneeling figure, large floriated cross, on which are two figures and a scroll, brass only of … scroll and inscription: slab with indents only of tau cross, kneeling figures of man and woman, and marginal …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the City of Salisbury
… wall. The vestibule between the two N. rooms has plaster cross-vaulting. Three original chimneypieces are preserved. … of Cradock House and probably replaces a former S. cross-wing; some 17th-century brickwork remains in the lower … on the east. Original timber framework with 'St. Andrew's cross' bracing survives in the upper storey, but in the lower …
Survey of London
… the undisturbed Portion of the Works'. Abraham supplied a cross-section showing how the walls had been thrust outward … and super-altar in marbles and alabaster, bearing a Greek cross, charged with the emblems of the Lamb and the four …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Road, and of the Holy Child, whose large house in St. Cross Road contains also a hostel for lay Catholic Students, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… in the S. end; it is divided into seven bays by moulded cross-beams, supported by wall-posts and braces, and the …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… portway, evidently the lane between Bearse Farm and Bream Cross, to the Coleford-Aylburton road ('Aylburton way'), and … the parish boundary to the place called Bream's gate cross in 1464 (later Bream Cross). 99 In 1625 William … 1829, had been added recently near a place known as Cross Keys at the junction of East Street, Barrowell Lane, and the …